(PC) Jones v. Speidell ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CHARLES B. JONES, Case No. 1:16-cv-01335-JLT (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF 13 v. THE COURT TO CLOSE CASE 14 R. SPEIDELL, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 The parties have filed a stipulation of dismissal with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of 18 Civil Procedure 41(a)(1). (Doc. 81.) The rule provides that a “plaintiff may dismiss an action 19 without a court order by filing . . . a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties who have 20 appeared.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). Once a dismissal under Rule 41(a)(1) is properly filed, 21 no order of the court is necessary to effectuate dismissal; the dismissal is effective automatically. 22 See Com. Space Mgmt. Co. v. Boeing Co., 193 F.3d 1074, 1078 (9th Cir. 1999). Because the 23 parties have filed a stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties or their counsel of record, this 24 case has ended. Accordingly, the Court DIRECTS the Clerk of the Court to close this case. 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. 26 27 Dated: September 17, 2021 _ /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27